Chelsea vs Newcastle United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Chelsea

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Chelsea will be hoping for a better result following a 4-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Manchester United.

In that match, Chelsea had 59% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Chelsea was João Félix (89'). Manchester United got 18 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Casemiro (6'), Anthony Martial (45'), Bruno Fernandes (73') and Marcus Rashford (78') scored for Manchester United.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Chelsea have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Chelsea have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 13 goals along the way. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Going into this contest, Chelsea are without a win at home for the past 6 matches in the league. That's never good.

Newcastle United

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In their last fixture, Newcastle United drew 0-0 in the Premier League tie with Leicester City.

In that match, Newcastle United had 78% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Leicester City got 1 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Newcastle United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in total. At the back, Newcastle United have some weaknesses to address.

A look at their previous results shows us that Newcastle United:

• have not registered a win against Chelsea in games played away from home for the previous 9 matches in the league. Very poor away form.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 18/01/2020 tells us that Chelsea have won 4 of these & Newcastle United 2, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

A total of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them from The Blues and 2 coming from The Magpies. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The previous league game between these sides was Premier League match day 16 on 12/11/2022 when it finished Newcastle United 1-0 Chelsea.

In that match, Newcastle United managed 49% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Joe Willock (67').

For their opponents, Chelsea got 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Robert Jones.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

Marc Cucurella (Muscle Injury), Mateo Kovacic (Knock), Benoît Badiashile (Hamstring Injury), Ben Chilwell (Hamstring Injury), N'Golo Kanté (Groin Injury), Reece James (Hamstring Injury), Mason Mount (Pelvis Injury) and Armando Broja (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) aren’t available for Chelsea boss Frank Lampard.

In all likelihood, The Blues may well make use of the 4-3-3 system this time featuring Kepa Arrizabalaga, Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, Lewis Hall, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Enzo Fernandez, Conor Gallagher, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz and Raheem Sterling.

📰 Team News: Newcastle United

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has to choose a team with limited availability. Joe Willock (Hamstring Injury), Nick Pope (Hand Injury), Matty Longstaff (Knee Injury), Joelinton (Knock), Emil Krafth (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Javier Manquillo (Knock), Jamaal Lascelles (Calf Injury) and Matt Ritchie (Knee Injury) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that The Magpies might utilise a 4-3-3 system, starting the game with Martin Dubravka, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schaer, Sven Botman, Matt Targett, Elliot Anderson, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almiron, Alexander Isak and Allan Saint-Maximin.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Newcastle United and Chelsea could find scoring goals difficult here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 0-0 score by the conclusion of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:13 24/05/2023